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President Harry S. Truman. Source: Truman Library

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Connelly Files			Thursday, November 13, 1947     Executive Orders:  [9905 DESIGNATING THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY RESOURCES BOARD AND DEFINING THE FUNCTIONS, DUTIES, AND AUTHORITY OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD] Executive Orders:  [9904 AMENDING PARAGRAPH 8 OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 9635 OF SEPTEMBER 29, 1945, (4)] 8:30 am (The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder]) (The Secretary of Agriculture [Clinton P. Anderson]) (The Secretary of Commerce [W. Averell Harriman]) 10:30 am Honorable James E. Webb, Director, Bureau of the Budget Mr. Frederick Lawton Mr. Lee Martin (Half hour appointment) 11:00 am Honorable Robert Lovett, Under Secretary of State Honorable Charles E. Bohlen, Special Assistant to the Secretary of State Honorable George F. Kennan, Director, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State (The President wanted to see them before Bohlen and Kennan went to London for Conference of Foreign Ministers.) 11:30 am The President received the Members of the National Association of Radio News Editors: Gene Abrams, WLOW, Norfolk Don Brice, WKBN, Youngstown, Ohio Jim Bormann, WMT, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Bruce Barrington, St. Louis, Mo. Robert Badger, McKeesport, Pa. Victor Best, WCSH, Portland, Maine John Cooper, New York George Callison, Rochester, N. Y. Ted Coffin, Presque Isle, Maine Ronald Cochran, Boston Ben Chatfield, Macon, Ga. Wilton Cobb, Macon, Ga. F. O. Carver, Winston Salem, N. C. F. W. Cooke, Rock Island, Illinois Marvin Caid, Cleveland, Ohio John Clarey, Haverill, Mass. Dale Clark, Atlanta, Ga. Robert Cerling, Washington, D. C. Charles Day, Cleveland, Ohio Dick Doty, Atlanta, Ga. Jack Dunn, Fargo, N. D. H. W. Eskridge, Nashville, Tenn. Joe Eaton, Bangor, Maine Bob Eastmen, Oklahoma City Tom Eaton, Hartford, Conn. William Frank, Delaware Michael Griffin, Green Bay, Wisconsin Gordon Graham, Indianapolis Leon Goldstein, New York Sereno Gammell, Hartford, Conn. Bob Geerdes, Chicago Parker Hoy, Lewiston, Maine Harold Hadley, Philadelphia, Pa. Chuck Harrison, Rock Island, Ill. Fred M. Hinshaw, Muncie, Ind. John Hogan, Portland, Maine Charles Hilton, Mason City, Iowa Ted Haas, Omaha, Nebraska Jesse Helms, Roanoke Rapids, N. C. Fred Holt, Indianapolis Fred Hoffman, Washington David Kessler, Ralph Knox, Rochester, N. Y. Edgar Kirk, Raleigh, N. C. Jack Krueger, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Phil Kerby, Pueblo, Colorado Mort Linder, South Bend, In. Don Larrabee, WRDO, Augusta, Maine Soren Munkhof, Omaha, Nebraska Allen Martin, WNEW, New York Bob Mahoney, Shreveport, La. Nicholas Mitchell, Greenville, S. C. Tom MacMahon, Detroit Sig Mickelson, Inndeapolis, Minn. Emileigh Maxwell, Norfolk, Va. Edward Maxwell, New Bern, N. C. Charles McCuen, Des Moines John Murphy, Cincinnati, Ohio Bob Mackall, Youngstown, Ohio John E. Murphy, Cincinnati, Ohio William McAndres, NBC, Washington Bud Noble, Lincoln, Nebraska Phil Newsome, United Press, N. Y. Tim O'Sullivan, Fort Wayne, Indiana George O'Connor, Binghamton, N. Y. Paul O'Neill, Baton Rouge, La. Tom O'Neill, Associated Press, N. Y. Walter Paschall, Atlanta Sidney Pietzch, Dallas, Texas Charles Parker, Raleigh, N. C. George Passage, Richmond, Va. Bob Redeen, Davenport, Iowa Beckley Smith, Pittsburgh, Pa. Jack Shelley, Des Moines, Iowa Jack Swenson, Fargo, N. D. Gren Seibels, Columbia, S. C. Paul Shinkman, Bethesda, Md. Carleton Smyth, Kent, Ohio Robert Truero, Charleston, S. C. Russell Van Dyke, Des Moines John Vogt, Washington Edward Wallace, Cleveland, Ohio Margaret Wilson, New Haven, Conn. Richard White, Providence, R. I. Paul Ziemer, Lacrosse, Wisconsin Dick Faler, Quincy, Illinois Marjorie Jordan, Fayetteville, S. C. (Having annual meeting in Washington and asked through Mr. Charles Ross to be received by the President.) 12:00 pm The President received the winners of the Maria Moors Cabot gold medal. Dr. Carlos Victor Aramayo, President of LA RAZON, La Paz, Bolivia, winner Dr. David Vela, Director of EL IMPARCIAL, Guatemala City, Guatemala, winner Dr. Alberto Lleras Camargo, Director General of the Pan American Union, winner Dr. Frank D. Fackenthal, Acting President, Columbia University Dr. Carl W. Ackerman, Dean of Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University Mr. John Cabot, foreign service officer from State Department, whose father made possible this award in memory of his wife, mother of this John Cabot. (Dean Ackerman of Columbia wrote Mr. Charles Ross in September that this year Columbia University would make this award to above three gentlemen; they have also presented silver plaque to Pan American Union to recognize contribution of their publications toward advancement of international friendship in Western Hemisphere. In past Ackerman has brought winners to the White House where the President has congratulated them on getting this award.) 12:15 pm Honorable Lindsay C. Warren, Comptroller General of U. S. (Mr. Matthew Connelly phoned him and asked him to come in) 12:20 pm (Mr. Franklin Riley, Jr.) 1:00 pm (Lunch) 4:00 pm Press and Radio Conference [Public Papers] 4:30 pm The President received the members of the National Security Resources Board: Mr. Arthur M. Hill, Chairman The Secretary of the Treasury [John W. Snyder] The Secretary of Defense [James Forrestal] The Secretary of Agriculture [Clinton P. Anderson] The Secretary of Commerce [W. Averell Harriman] The Secretary of Labor [Lewis B. Schwellenbach] Mr. Lyle Belsley, Secretary of the Board (Arranged by Mr. Clark Clifford) 5:00 pm (Judge James McGranery)

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